Charlie Carrel just ended up all in for about 68,000 chips and he was up against David Abreu. The showdown went as following, as Carrel was behind the entire time.
Carrel:
Abreu:
The board ran out and Carrel busted out from his first ever WPT event.
After a stir of action we arrived on the scene with three sets of cards on their backs, as the following showdown was at hand between Igor Yaroshevskyy, Fuad Serhan and WPT Champions Club member Giacomo Fundaro.
Yaroshevskyy:
Fundaro:
Serhan:
The flop brought and Yaroshevskyy kept his hopes alive for a double knockout. Fundaro remained in the lead, but after the turn he had to dodge even more cards. The river brought the and that gave Serhan a winning two-pair hand.
"Thank you," Serhan said," Thank you very much."
Serhan was all in for 23,600, and he tripled up, while Fundaro had an additional 15,600 and that meant he almost broke even on the hand. Yaroshevskyy took the biggest hit, but he still has both players covered with about 106,000 chips.
After having doubled up Sergio Aido a few hands earlier, Ludovic Geilich just found himself all in for his last 21,600 from the hijack. Portuguese pro Diogo Cardoso tanked for a while from the small blind, before putting in the call. Vasili Firsau folded from the big blind, and the showdown went as following.
Geilich:
Cardoso:
The flop brought and Cardoso's chances of winning were diminished. On the turn the hit and that opened up some options, as he picked up a straight draw. The river was the , and Geilich was knocked out.
"Good luck guys," Geilich sighed, as he headed for the exit.
Anton Afanasyev raised before the flop to 5,500 and Ludovic Geilich called from his direct left. Sergio Aido, in the hijack, moved all in for 42,300 and the action quickly folded back to Geilich.
After about a minute Geilich called, creating the following showdown.
Geilich:
Aido:
The board ran out and Aido got a double up to keep his tournament alive, while Geilich is now one of the shortest stacks.
Last night Brian Senie bagged up a astronomical chip lead, and with 60 players left he has 10% of all the chips in play already. We're still quite far removed from the money, as the top 27 will get paid, but it looks like Senie will have a field day today with many short stacks still in play.
There are plenty of top pros in contention on Day 3 as well, including WPT TV analyst Tony Dunst, EPT Grand Final champion Steve O'Dwyer and current GPI leader Byron Kaverman. Ole Schemion, with a short stack, is also alive and kicking but he'll have some work to do here on Day 3. Among the short stacks we've spotted Rasmus Agerskov, Champions Club member Vladimir Bozinovic and PCA winner Dimitar Danchev.
So, sit back, relax and enjoy another full day of PokerNews live reporting of this exciting WPT Prague Main Event.